Given name
Eudora
“a good gift”
Eudora is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a good gift.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a good gift.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eudora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,179
- 0 boys · 2,179 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 71 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,137 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +49%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,137 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 71 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 767 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eudora’s family of names
Eudora has a related form in Eudorah. Eudora has a related form in Eudorea. Eudora has a related form in Eudoreah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Eudora
- Eudora WeltyAmerican short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)
- Eudora BumsteadAmerican poet, hymnwriter (1860-1892)
Characters named Eudora: Grandmama (the Addams family fiction).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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